Best Natural talent gone to waste?

ike ibeabuchi

Andrew Golota

naseem hamed.

nassim zab tyson cant say they all went 2 watse becuz i do envy all of them but they could have been so much more

I don't understand the Tyson and Jones Jr. being mentioned. Both achieved HOF careers and dominated their divisions for a number of years! What else could Jones have done?!? The guy is arguably the greatest Lt. Heavy since Ezzard or Tunney. IMO talent gone to waste applies to the likes of Ike Ibeabuchi, Harry Simon, Terry Marsh or Audley Harrison. People who were gifted athletes/boxers who messed up for whatever reason. You could make an argument for someone like Zab Judah, but the reason he lost to the likes of Tszyu and Cotto was because he just wasn't good enough. Not only that - but he HAS had success in his career. In two divisions as well.

mike tyson...........

Ed Hopson Mark Breland

meldrick taylor and zab

Ike, Tua, and for any Aussies reading this, Shannon Taylor - snorted away what could have been a great career

It has to be Sonny Liston, without a doubt, and that is really saying something as he was #1 contender and champ for 5 years in total (a top 10 ring contender for almost 10, I believe). He should've had the title for 10 years, and had he been born 10 years later in a less-mafia run fight game he would have, and that would've put him in against Foreman, Frazier, Quarry, Ali, Norton, etc..

shane mosley is another case of wasted potential, even if he did accopmplish a lot, if he hadnt accepted to move up to welterweight, he woulda made a greater legacy beating the likes of freitas, casamyor, mayweather jr, corrales, tszyu..... moving up and fighting de la hoya was better for his pocket, marketabilty and image though, so i dont blame him...

Kirkland Laing, SOOOOOOOO Talented. Could have ruled world for years, but smoked far too much weed and othe stuff.

Meldrick Taylor!!!!!

Tony Ayala;The Baby Bull. Had a very bright future. Ended up in prison.

Ike Ibeabuchi, Mike Tyson or Naseem Hamed all could be truly great but fell

I change my mind I have to say David Tua, How can you combine one of the greatest chins in history, with one of the greatest punching power in history and not be a champion at least once.

God I knew everyone was going to say Judah. I'm so tired of this... Why does everyone believe the same sad excuse when it comes to Judah? Its always the same thing, he doesn't train for 12 rounds, he isn't focused blah blah. Naw I call bullshit on that. Baldomir aside (that one seems legit, and I had Judah up by a point anyway), Judah has lost because he's plain not good enough. Zab admitted himself that he was running 8 miles a day, and sparring three minute rounds with thirty second rest in between. I made sure I remembered that because I knew people would bring up the same weak excuse that Judah didn't prepare. Talent isn't just physical ability, its mental ability too. When to slip punches, when to move out of the pocket after punching, when to set traps etc. Its not called the sweet science for anything. You have to be smart in the ring too. Some people can prepare their whole life for that and still not be good at the mental aspect of boxing, and Zab just isn't good enough in that department. I feel Toney could have been an ATG if he didn't let his weight get the best of him. I wouldn't say it went to waste though.

im saying them as they could have been much more, even though what they did achieve was pretty impressive.

I was joking, the bloke who pretends to be him is quite funny though, if you don't take him seriously, but on topic hamed and and zab

McClellan would still beat Tony Booth. He fights on 25th Sept, when he loses that will be his 100th loss. A British record to be proud of im sure.